Tiglath-Pileser III.

Tiglath-Pileser III in Wikipedia

Tiglath-Pileser III (from the Hebraic form[1] of Akkadian: Tukultī-apil-Ešarra, "my trust is in the son of Esharra") was a prominent king of Assyria in the 8th century BC (ruled 745– 727 BC)[2][3] and is widely regarded as the founder of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.[4][5] He is considered to be one of the most successful military commanders in worl...

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Tilgath-Pilneser in Smiths Bible Dictionary

a variation, and probably a corruption, of the name Tiglath- pileser. 1Ch 5:6,26; 2Ch 28:20...

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Tiglath-Pileser III in Easton's Bible Dictionary

or Tilgath-Pil-neser, the Assyrian throne-name of Pul (q.v.). He appears in the Assyrian records as gaining, in the fifth year of his reign (about B.C. 741), a victory over Azariah (= Uzziah in 2 Chr.26:1), king of Judah, whose achievements are described in 2 Chr. 26:6-15. He is first mentioned in Scripture, however, as gaining a victory ...

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Tilgath-Pilneser in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

til'-gath-pil-ne'-zer, til'-gath-pil-ne'-ser. See TIGLATH-PILESER....

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